siritheowlcat 's review for:

Sharks in the Time of Saviors by Kawai Strong Washburn

4.0

emotional hopeful medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Powerful beautiful writing drew me in, collective familial coping kept me around. I'm not super huge into the magical realism elements (I'm starting to think that genre isn't for me), but it really did mesh with the Hawai'ian backdrop and heritage quite well.